"Ave Maria" is a popular and much recorded aria
composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970. It is a
musical hoax generally misattributed to Baroque
composer Giulio Caccini.
Vavilov himself published and recorded it on the
Melodiya label with the ascription to "Anonymous" in
1970. It is believed that the work received its
ascription to Giulio Caccini after Vavilov's death, by
an organist Mark Shakhin (one of its performers on the
mentioned "Melodiya" longplay), who gave the "newly
discover...(+)
"Ave Maria" is a popular and much recorded aria
composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970. It is a
musical hoax generally misattributed to Baroque
composer Giulio Caccini.
Vavilov himself published and recorded it on the
Melodiya label with the ascription to "Anonymous" in
1970. It is believed that the work received its
ascription to Giulio Caccini after Vavilov's death, by
an organist Mark Shakhin (one of its performers on the
mentioned "Melodiya" longplay), who gave the "newly
discovered scores" to other musicians; then in an
arrangement made by the organist Oleg Yanchenko for the
recording by Irina Arkhipova in 1987, then the piece
came to be famous worldwide.
I took creative license and created this arrangement
for Solo Flute & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
SHEET MUSIC